Veneer-machine



(No Model.)

W. H. WILLIAMS.

VENEER MACHINE. No. 472,839. Patented Apr. 12, 1892.

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WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

VENEER-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,839, dated April12, 1892.

Application filed April 20, 1891. Serial No. 389.672. (No model.

This invention relates to a machine for cutting veneers; and it consistsin the details of which the veneers are to be cut.

construction set forth in the following specification and claim andillustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevationof a veneer-machine. Fig. 2 shows a modification.

In the drawings, the letter B indicates the block-carrier or stay-log.To this carrier is clamped or secured in any suitable well-known way thelog or piece of wood (not shown) from The supporting-frame D carriesguide-arms f, along which the carrier B is caused to slide back andforth. The carrier B is guided along the arms f by any suitablewell-known means such as V-shaped or dovetailed tongues and grooves.(Not shown.) Thelinksacare jointed or pivoted at y to the stay log orcarrier and at w to the arms 1) of bell-crank levers u o, fulcrumed at Hto portions of the supportingframe. A connecting-link 0 is jointed orpivoted at p to the bell-crank levers and at 'n to an actuator ordriving-rod G. As the actuator G is reciprocated by the crank-pin Z thelevers u o are oscillated so as to cause the carrier B to travel backand forth along the guide-arms f. The actuator G can be connecteddirectly to the crank-pin Z, as seen in Fig. 1; or an intermediate linkor rod mcan be employed, as seen in Fig. 2. The pinZ reindicated in Fig.2, so as to avoid'intermediate mechanism.

The carrier B in its reciprocation is made to carry the log past acutter or slicer, as indicated, for example, in United States LettersPatent No. 269,363, issued December 19,1882, on an application made byme.

It will be noticed that my present mechanism, while being capable ofexerting great force, is also simple in construction, so that it can bereadily put together and easily kept in order.

What I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi Thecombination, with the stay-log B an the supporting-frame D of aveneer-cutting machine, of guide-arms f, secured to and projecting fromthe supporting-frame, a pair of bell-crank levers pivoted, respectively,to portions of the supporting-frame, a link 0, connecting two arms ofthe levers, a pair of links 00, pivotally connecting the other arms ofthe levers with the stay-log, and an actuator G for reciprocating theconnecting-link between the bell-crank levers, substantially asdescribed.

.In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

w. H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM THATOHER, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

